Sunday 3rd August 2025
176 players from 31 different clubs will be taking part in the 2025 Seniors Balfour at Davyhulme Park Golf Clun on Tuesday 12th August 2026
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Sunday 4th May 2025
Only one golfer in the history of the Balfour and Houldsworth has managed to win both competitions in the same year. In 1983, J Wright of Altrincham Golf Club won the Balfour Cup at Reddish Vale Golf Club and then, partnering C Goulding, also of Altrincham Golf Club, he won the Houldsworth Cup at Houldsworth Golf Club.
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Wednesday 12th February 2025
There were very few opportunities for golfers to show their golfing skill and prowess anywhere but at their own clubs, when the Balfour and Houldsworth Golf Challenge Cups was established in 1897. For the golfers of the Manchester area, all that changed when two local MP's, Lord Arthur Balfour and Sir William Houldsworth, donated two massive silver trophies to the Golfers and the Golf Cubs of Manchester, which have been played for annually over the past 128 years.
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